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It wasn't until I edited this photo that I appreciated how finely carved the weepers were on the side of the chest tomb of Thomas Beauchamp [pronounced Bee-cham], 11th Earl of Warwick, at St Mary's Church, #Warwick. Need to return to photograph them all individually! #churchmonuments

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#otd 22nd June 1535 Bishop John Fisher, aged 65, was beheaded on #Tower Hill; his head set upon London bridge. His crime treason: he denied that the King was the Supreme Head of the Church of England. allabouthistory.co.uk/36CCNhor#36CCNhor

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#otd 22nd June 1528 William Carey, husband of Mary #Boleyn, aged 28, died of sweating sickness leaving two young children. Henry to Anne: "touching your sister's matter ... he [her father] must take her, his natural daughter, now in her extreme necessity." allabouthistory.co.uk/UI1uZvFq#kDRGYqw6

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#otd 22 June 1483 Ralph Shaa preached at St Paul's Cross that the children of King Edward IV were illegitimate, and that his brother should be King Richard III. Since Edward's death Richard had: arrested the Woodvilles placed the two Princes in the Tower executed William Hastings imprisoned bishops

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When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st, "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

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#Stonehenge gets all the attention at #Solstice unsurprisingly. There may, however, be an alignment at #Avebury. The extant stone 68, the only one, in the north-west quadrant, near the east entrance, appears to align with the midsummer solstice; just a theory. allabouthistory.co.uk/acTTdvht#caowPM1n

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#otd 21st June 1688 William Cavendish 2nd Duke Devonshire (age 16) and Rachel Russell Duchess Devonshire (age 14) were married.

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#otd 21st June 1832 painter Louise Rayner was born at Matlock Bath, #Derbyshire. Four paintings of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire. allabouthistory.co.uk/Ff6solQO #art

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#otd 21st June 1585 Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland committed suicide at Tower of London. He was found dead in his bed in his cell, having been shot through the heart. A jury was at once summoned, and returned a verdict of suicide. He was buried in St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London.

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On 21st June 1377 King Edward III of England (age 64) died of a stroke at Sheen Palace. He was buried in the Chapel of St Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey. His grandson King Richard II (age 10) succeeded.

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#Brass of Sir Simon #Felbrigge and his Lady Margaret, at Felbrigge, 1413. Note the leg garter, the two fetterlocks above their heads and the royal Arms with the addition of the bearing attributed to Edward the Confessor introduced by King Richard II. Drawing by John Cotman, 1816. #churchmonuments

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It was the anniversary of the death of #Derbyshire antiquary Llewelyn Jewitt recently so I took myself off to Winster Church to see if I could find his grave. After some tea and cake, and some digging [not literally!], I found it, with wife Elizabeth, and their two sons. Nice Burne-Jones window too.

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Some photos of the monuments De Grey Mausoleum, Flitton. For photos of all the monuments see: allabouthistory.co.uk/sHj684g8 #churchmonuments

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#otd 20th June 1837 #King William IV died aged 71 at #Windsor Castle. His niece Victoria, aged 18, succeeded as #Queen. At 5am Francis Nathaniel, Marquess Conyngham and went to Kensington Palace to inform the Princess and was the first to address her as 'Your Majesty'. Painting Henry Wells. #art

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Samuel Pepys' Diary 20th June 1664 Here I heard how the rich widow, my Lady Gold, is married to one Neale, after he had received a box on the eare by her brother at the door; but made him draw and wounded him. She called Neale up to her, and sent for a priest, married presently, and went to bed.

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#otd 20th June 1560 Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl Huntingdon, died. Buried at the Hastings Chapel, Ashby de la Zouche. He had done well to survive given his son Henry had married a sister of Guildford Dudley married Lady Jane Grey. For more photos: allabouthistory.co.uk/rCoyTo3q #churchmonuments

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Monument in the Grey Mausoleum at Flitton to Anthony Grey, 3rd Baron Lucas, eldest son of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent, who died aged thirty-eight by choking on an ear of barley, the beard of which stuck in his throat. He was one of seven of Henry's children who predeceased him. #churchmonuments

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Archaeologia Cambrensis 1884 Drawings of Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber allabouthistory.co.uk/gANZrVpR #prehistory #archaeology #neolithic

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#otd 19th June 1790 sculptor John Gibson was born at Gyffin, Caernarfonshire. Monuments at Longford, Durham Cathedral and Fawsley. allabouthistory.co.uk/muQKEI86 #sculpture #churchmonuments

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On 19th June 1835 Henry Willoughby, 6th Baron #Middleton, died. #Monument at St Leonard's #Church, Wollaton sculpted by Richard #Westmacott. allabouthistory.co.uk/pmPVaeyV#G5riM9lB #churchmonuments #sculpture

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#OTD 19th June 1566 #King James I and VI was born to "Lord Darnley" and Mary Queen of Scots at #Edinburgh Castle. His father was murdered eight months later. He mother married #Bothwell, who was implicated in his father's murder. He last saw his mother in June 1567. allabouthistory.co.uk/xue6k9Rp

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19th June 1312 Piers Gaveston, aged 28, was beheaded at Blacklow Hill near Warwick on the orders of Guy Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. Gaveston's crime was to have been a 'favourite' of King Edward II, who [Edward] "took great delight in the vice of sodomy and had an excessive affection for Gaveston".

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On 18th June 1828 sculptor Henry Hugh Armstead was born in Bloomsbury. He trained first under his father, then at the Government School of Design at Somerset House and afterwards at private art schools. He also studied with Edward Hodges Baily.

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18th June 1528 Anne Boleyn catches the Sweating Sickness and returns to Hever Castle. King Henry “in great haste, dislodged, and went 12 miles hence”. She survived. Her sister Mary’s husband did not dying two weeks later.

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On 18th June 1525 Henry Fitzroy, age 6, illegitimate son of King Henry VIII and Elizabeth Blount, was taken by barge to Bridewell Palace where he was enobled by his father who made him Earl of Nottingham and Duke of Richmond and Somerset. #tudor #history

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Have added a Archaeologia Cambrensis Volume 28 "The Cromlechs of Anglesey" to my website including some new sites. allabouthistory.co.uk/Jkw3hDlg #prehistory #archaeology #neolithic

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Two c. 1776 drawings from Thomas Pennant's "A Tour of Wales" being the two burial mounds at Plas-Newydd, Anglesey. #archaeology #prehistory

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#OTD 17th June 1898 Edward #Burne-Jones died after spending his life painting #angels: "The more materialistic science becomes, the more angels shall I paint. Their wings are my protest in favour of the immortality of the soul." allabouthistory.co.uk/History/waoND4SO #art #pre-Raphaelite

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#otd 17th June 1839 pre-Raphaelite painter Henry #Holiday was born at 2 Hampstead Street, Fitzroy Square; the second of four children. In December 1854 he entered the Royal Academy Schools as a probationer with Simeon #Solomon, Albert Moore and William De Morgan. allabouthistory.co.uk/t6EnQuS7 #art

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#otd 17th June 1838 photographer Frederick Hollyer was born. Not particularly well-known he left us with photographs of artists and poets of the late-Victorian period. 1 Group of the #Burne-Jones and #Morris families. 2 #Pre-Rapaelite Simeon Solomon. 3 William Morris. allabouthistory.co.uk/5864HVYp

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#otd 17th June 1282 William "The Younger" Valence was killed when the army of Gilbert de Clare was ambushed by the Welsh at #Llandeilo. Monument at #Dorchester Abbey, #Oxfordshire. allabouthistory.co.uk/7u7YxoKJ#BhR49qie

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#otd 17th June 1128 Geoffrey #Plantagenet, aged 14, married Empress Matilda, aged 26, daughter of King Henry I. Their son Henry, crowned in 1154, began the "Plantagenet" that held the throne of England until 1485 when Henry VII gained the throne from Richard III. allabouthistory.co.uk/rRc6xhjT

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#otd 17th June 1874 Stephen Glynne, Baronet, died outside #Bishopsgate station, aged 66. Unmarried, #Baronet Glynne extinct. Hawarden Castle inherited by William Gladstone. #Monument at #Church of St Deiniol, #Hawarden, #Flintshire by Matthew Noble. allabouthistory.co.uk/IfGjyyer #tombtuesday

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